What is CVE-2022-42985?

CVE-2022-42985 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Scratch-wiki Scratch_login, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-11-17.

How severe is CVE-2022-42985?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Scratch-wiki Scratch_login

CVE-2022-42985

The ScratchLogin extension through 1.1 for MediaWiki does not escape verification failure messages, which allows users with administrator privileges to perform cross-site scripting (XSS).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (27.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Scratch-wiki Scratch_login
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42985?: CVE-2022-42985 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Scratch-wiki Scratch_login, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-11-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-42985?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.